Interprofessional Collaborative Communication in Acute Care Hospital Teams
SCRIPT
The SCRIPT Programme (GIM): Structuring Communication Relationships for Interprofessional Teamwork to Achieve Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient-Centered Practice (IECPCP)
1 other identifier
interventional
1,000
1 country
2
Brief Summary
Collaborative practice may improve patient outcomes in specific disease conditions and health care settings. The SCRIPT Programme is an intervention to implement informal, but structured, communication etiquette between members of interprofessional ward-based clinical teaching units (CTUs) in General Internal Medicine (GIM) hospital divisions.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Apr 2007
2 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2007
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 25, 2007
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 27, 2007
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2008
CompletedFebruary 9, 2009
April 1, 2007
April 25, 2007
February 6, 2009
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
unplanned hospital readmission 7 days post-discharge and 30 days post-discharge
Secondary Outcomes (5)
length of stay in hospital for GIM patients' index admission
measurement survey of staff members' perceptions of interprofessional collaboration
patient satisfaction measured by a large standardized, cross-site survey regime
calls placed to staff members' paging devices
use of evidence-based, optimal prescription drug therapy
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Patients admitted to divisions of General Internal Medicine
- Health care providers working in divisions of General Internal Medicine
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centrelead
- Health Canadacollaborator
Study Sites (2)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada
Related Publications (2)
Reeves S, Russell A, Zwarenstein M, Kenaszchuk C, Conn LG, Doran D, Sinclair L, Lingard L, Oandasan I, Thorpe K, Austin Z, Beales J, Hindmarsh W, Whiteside C, Hodges B, Nasmith L, Silver I, Miller KL, Vogwill V, Strauss S. Structuring communication relationships for interprofessional teamwork (SCRIPT): a Canadian initiative aimed at improving patient-centred care. J Interprof Care. 2007 Feb;21(1):111-4. doi: 10.1080/13561820600991595. No abstract available.
PMID: 17365378BACKGROUNDZwarenstein M, Reeves S, Russell A, Kenaszchuk C, Conn LG, Miller KL, Lingard L, Thorpe KE. Structuring Communication Relationships for Interprofessional Teamwork (SCRIPT): a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2007 Sep 18;8:23. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-8-23.
PMID: 17877830DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Merrick Zwarenstein, MB BCh, MS
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 25, 2007
First Posted
April 27, 2007
Study Start
April 1, 2007
Study Completion
December 1, 2008
Last Updated
February 9, 2009
Record last verified: 2007-04